Boyle Edmund Francis

Monuments

ISOB Edmund F. Boyle

Canada's Bomber Command Memorial Panels

Name:

Edmund Francis Boyle

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-886258

Unit:

United States Air Force

Date of Death:

1944-04-23

State:

Texas

Cemetery:

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Kreis Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Plot:

Coll grave 18. E. 1-5

Row:

Grave:

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Comments:

Edmund Francis Boyle was born on July 7, 1919, in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He received his pilot training with the RCAF. He transferred to the USAAF on December 15, 1943, but remained on detached service with the RCAF. Americans serving with Coastal Command and Bomber Command were allowed to transfer to the USAAF but remain on detached service to keep their crew together and hopefully complete their tour of operations.

1Lt Boyle was Killed in Action on April 23, 1944, when his aircraft crashed with a full bomb load still on board after being shot down by a night fighter (very probably by Cpt Karlewski of FNJG 1.) All crew members were killed and buried next to each other in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in Germany.

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